North Carolina St - ACC - FBS - NCAA
| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 1 | 40 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 2 | 29 | 0.500 | (1,0) | -0.500 | Connecticut | 24 to 14 | 424 | 185 |
| 3 | 330 | 0.905 | (1,1) | 0.905 | Notre Dame | 24 to 45 | 213 | 15 |
| 4 | 99 | 1.489 | (2,1) | 1.156 | VMI | 45 to 7 | 276 | 237 |
| 5 | 73 | 1.558 | (3,1) | 1.058 | Virginia | 24 to 21 | 180 | 111 |
| 6 | 89 | 1.343 | (3,2) | 1.143 | Louisville | 10 to 13 | 21 | 22 |
| 7 | 42 | 1.778 | (4,2) | 1.444 | Marshall | 48 to 41 | 36 | 92 |
| 8 | 52 | 1.593 | (4,3) | 1.451 | Duke | 3 to 24 | 16 | 31 |
| 9 | 57 | 1.517 | (4,3) | 1.374 | --bye-- |
| 10 | 50 | 1.626 | (5,3) | 1.376 | Clemson | 24 to 17 | 68 | 28 |
| 11 | 34 | 1.768 | (6,3) | 1.435 | Miami FL | 20 to 6 | 52 | 57 |
| 12 | 32 | 1.802 | (7,3) | 1.402 | Wake Forest | 26 to 6 | 94 | 102 |
| 13 | 28 | 1.837 | (8,3) | 1.383 | Virginia Tech | 35 to 28 | 66 | 55 |
| 14 | 23 | 1.979 | (9,3) | 1.479 | North Carolina | 39 to 20 | 34 | 41 |
| 15 | 25 | 1.895 | (9,3) | 1.395 | --bye-- |
| 16 | 25 | 1.891 | (9,3) | 1.391 | --bye-- |
| 17 | 25 | 1.873 | (9,3) | 1.373 | --bye-- |
| 18 | 29 | 1.795 | (9,4) | 1.410 | Kansas St | 19 to 28 | 17 | 17 |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |